Management Development & Training | Outdoor
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Outdoor Management Development & Training (OMDT) are programmes that follows the methodology of Corporate Outdoor Training, Adventure and Experiential learning to facilitate Management Development Practices.
The Outdoor Management Development Training program focuses on applying the principles of management through experiential learning, and motivating participants to experience, reflect and learn crucial lessons that can be applied back at the workplace in areas of self management, people management, leadership and organisational development. Why Outdoor Management Development TrainingPeople learn every time they are confronted with an unusual problem, an unfamiliar task, they then have to evolve new ways of dealing with the situation.
They will learn if they analyse what they did to determine how and why it contributed to its success or failure. The facilitators observes the behavior patterns and invites the participants towards change through debriefing and usage of metaphors. This retrospective or reflective learning is effective when managers apply it successfully in the future. Outdoor Management Development uses the power of Experiential and reflective learning to develop managers and leaders for the future. |
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Need of Outdoor Management Development Training
For Self Management:
If managers are to effectively lead their organizations, they must first effectively lead themselves. Managers today are expected not only effectively manage teams but also manage themselves with authenticity when it comes to communication, prioritizing goals, decision making, handling conflict and be self accountable.
The Self-management aspect of the training helps the participants to become more self aware on all the physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual aspects of self management.
For Team Building
Many times managers meet only at important corporate events. Otherwise they are into their own functional activities. But there should be mutual understanding of others function in order to take decision as one company.
In order to create common understanding at organizational level and create a strong corporate team, outdoor management development activities are conducted to enhance team building among managers.
For Leading, Managing and Developing People:
Good people management is one of the key contributions that a manager makes to an organisation’s productivity, culture, staff retention and attractiveness to potential employees. Good people management is also one of the key factors contributing to a manager’s success (and excellence) in their role.
This development area is one of many that centre on a manager’s ability to work with people. Here the focus is on the fundamental actions and activities that a manager undertakes to enable their staff to perform that ecompasses developing and maintaining procedures, systems, projects, processes, programmes and/or services through the leadership and management of people.
For Leadership and Organisational Development:
As organization tries to build team of leadership, people coming from different functions who are top performers, comprises leadership team.
When people come from different function, they may not be prepared enough to take role of leader at organizational level. In order to develop organizational understanding and Leadership Development, outdoor management development programs that are usually residential are conducted to bridge the gaps in leadership and organisational development.
If managers are to effectively lead their organizations, they must first effectively lead themselves. Managers today are expected not only effectively manage teams but also manage themselves with authenticity when it comes to communication, prioritizing goals, decision making, handling conflict and be self accountable.
The Self-management aspect of the training helps the participants to become more self aware on all the physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual aspects of self management.
For Team Building
Many times managers meet only at important corporate events. Otherwise they are into their own functional activities. But there should be mutual understanding of others function in order to take decision as one company.
In order to create common understanding at organizational level and create a strong corporate team, outdoor management development activities are conducted to enhance team building among managers.
For Leading, Managing and Developing People:
Good people management is one of the key contributions that a manager makes to an organisation’s productivity, culture, staff retention and attractiveness to potential employees. Good people management is also one of the key factors contributing to a manager’s success (and excellence) in their role.
This development area is one of many that centre on a manager’s ability to work with people. Here the focus is on the fundamental actions and activities that a manager undertakes to enable their staff to perform that ecompasses developing and maintaining procedures, systems, projects, processes, programmes and/or services through the leadership and management of people.
For Leadership and Organisational Development:
As organization tries to build team of leadership, people coming from different functions who are top performers, comprises leadership team.
When people come from different function, they may not be prepared enough to take role of leader at organizational level. In order to develop organizational understanding and Leadership Development, outdoor management development programs that are usually residential are conducted to bridge the gaps in leadership and organisational development.
Outdoor Management Development Training Design
Outdoor Management Development Training programs are designed on experiential learning simulations to improve aspects of strategic leadership, communication skills, planning, change management, delegation and teamwork.
The Activities for outdoor management development training take place in real time, there is no ambiguity about success and failure, and the participants receive immediate feedback about the efficacy of their actions.
The many distracting and extraneous aspects of the workplace are eliminated by the creation of a carefully designed metaphors which involves and empowers the learner to relate and connect back to the workplace situations and transfer the learning from the experience to application or change back at the workplace.
The Activities for outdoor management development training take place in real time, there is no ambiguity about success and failure, and the participants receive immediate feedback about the efficacy of their actions.
The many distracting and extraneous aspects of the workplace are eliminated by the creation of a carefully designed metaphors which involves and empowers the learner to relate and connect back to the workplace situations and transfer the learning from the experience to application or change back at the workplace.
Outlife Offers the following program in Management Development Training based on Job Functions and Key Responsibility Areas.
Senior and Executive management training focuses on key responsibility areas of visioning, focus, big picture and strategy thinking for overseeing the entire organization.
Middle-level managers training focuses on key responsibility areas of leadership, planning, problem solving, performance management for executing organizational plans which comply with the company’s goals and strategy.
First Time managers training focuses on developing essential management skills for developing new managers like communication, planning, organizing and people management.
- Senior and Executive Management Programme
- Middle Management Programme
- First Time Managers Programme
Senior and Executive management training focuses on key responsibility areas of visioning, focus, big picture and strategy thinking for overseeing the entire organization.
Middle-level managers training focuses on key responsibility areas of leadership, planning, problem solving, performance management for executing organizational plans which comply with the company’s goals and strategy.
First Time managers training focuses on developing essential management skills for developing new managers like communication, planning, organizing and people management.
Outdoor Management Development Methodology - Framework
Structured Experiential Learning
Participants are divided into teams and assigned tasks or activities for completion in a specified time. Achievement and performance during these activities is reviewed during debriefing or processing of the experiences.
Group, Interpersonal and Intra-personal behaviors that can enhance performance or lead to failure or decreased performance are identified. Newer Strategies and management concepts are formulated and adopted to implement back at the workplace.
Participants are divided into teams and assigned tasks or activities for completion in a specified time. Achievement and performance during these activities is reviewed during debriefing or processing of the experiences.
Group, Interpersonal and Intra-personal behaviors that can enhance performance or lead to failure or decreased performance are identified. Newer Strategies and management concepts are formulated and adopted to implement back at the workplace.
Experiential Learning Cycle Processing
Emergent Learning
Everyone involved in the learning simulations has to negotiate new situations and respond to challenges with which they are unfamiliar.
They have to use personal resources in different ways and adopt new roles strategies and skills, not used in every day life. Given such circumstances, initiative, stamina, fear, self confidence, talents and vulnerabilities emerge that may not have been previously recognised.
Teamwork and co-operation are fostered through activities that cannot be successfully accomplished without a high level of communication and working together.
Processing the Experience
Through the debriefing session the participants are given the chance to clarify and express what they have experienced.
In addition, at the same time participants listen to the experiences of others and realize that people learn different things from performing the same activities. In the end, the reflections on the differences in perceptions and emotions that are elicited via the games are extremely valuable.
They can reflect on how they may use the lessons they learned in their personal and professional lives
Use of Metaphors
The power of outdoor management development facilitation is in using the environment to create a metaphor for business applications.
The role of metaphor is that it gives the participants the opportunity to encounter new problems, experience new
feelings, and try new solutions to real problems (outdoor activities), and use these decision making skills in other (equally real) situations back in the real business environment.
Everyone involved in the learning simulations has to negotiate new situations and respond to challenges with which they are unfamiliar.
They have to use personal resources in different ways and adopt new roles strategies and skills, not used in every day life. Given such circumstances, initiative, stamina, fear, self confidence, talents and vulnerabilities emerge that may not have been previously recognised.
Teamwork and co-operation are fostered through activities that cannot be successfully accomplished without a high level of communication and working together.
Processing the Experience
Through the debriefing session the participants are given the chance to clarify and express what they have experienced.
In addition, at the same time participants listen to the experiences of others and realize that people learn different things from performing the same activities. In the end, the reflections on the differences in perceptions and emotions that are elicited via the games are extremely valuable.
They can reflect on how they may use the lessons they learned in their personal and professional lives
Use of Metaphors
The power of outdoor management development facilitation is in using the environment to create a metaphor for business applications.
The role of metaphor is that it gives the participants the opportunity to encounter new problems, experience new
feelings, and try new solutions to real problems (outdoor activities), and use these decision making skills in other (equally real) situations back in the real business environment.
Management Development Training - Design and Content
Our Outdoor Management Development Programs takes customized approach to its design and is based on the learning objectives and desired outcomes of the specific organisation, industry, team and participants.
The initial flow however starts with Ice breakers, Energizers, Trust Building Activities, Behavioral Contract, Ways of Working. Later Experiential Learning Activities and Simulations are introduced followed by Sharing and debriefing. Psychometric tests focusing on the individual or teams is often part of the program.
Management concepts and models, use of metaphors are introduced for discussing strategies and tactics for application back at the work place. The learning is co-created between the participants and the facilitator. An good amount of time is spent in experiencing, reflection and application phases during the facilitator led processing.
The initial flow however starts with Ice breakers, Energizers, Trust Building Activities, Behavioral Contract, Ways of Working. Later Experiential Learning Activities and Simulations are introduced followed by Sharing and debriefing. Psychometric tests focusing on the individual or teams is often part of the program.
Management concepts and models, use of metaphors are introduced for discussing strategies and tactics for application back at the work place. The learning is co-created between the participants and the facilitator. An good amount of time is spent in experiencing, reflection and application phases during the facilitator led processing.
Management Development Training - Application Areas
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• Leadership Skills
• Change Management • Giving Feedback • Delegation Skills • Motivation Skills • Creativity & Innovation • Problem Solving • Working in Teams • Team Leadership |
• Conflict Management
• Interpersonal Skills • Listening Skills • Persuasion Skills • Team Bonding • Trust Building • Strategic Thinking • Collaboration • Negotiation Skills |
• Communication Skills
• Emotional Intelligence • Time Management • Confidence Building • Decision Making • Personal Impact • Assertiveness Skills • Goal Setting • Stress Management |
Management Development Training Program Sample Agenda
We specialize in custom designing management development programs for our clients after a through needs assessment. Below are some of the management development programs conducted in the recent days.
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Management Development Training Activities
The Activities in the management development programs include a mix of outdoor and indoor activities that include adventure, outdoors, team games, management games, group discussion, role plays, theater, psychometric instruments and case studies that are focused on bringing out leadership and management experiences and that are followed by debriefing and transference.
Follow Up Mentoring & Coaching
Management Development Programs are usually high impact and end up on a high note. Coaching and Mentoring becomes essential post the program to help the managers implement the learning and strategies back to the workplace and deal with any setbacks, challenges and obstacles.
Our facilitators offers periodic mentoring and coaching after the program to help the participants implement the learning and strategies effectively.
Our facilitators offers periodic mentoring and coaching after the program to help the participants implement the learning and strategies effectively.
Facilitators and Instructors
The Management Development Programs are specially facilitated by senior facilitators with 2 decades of industry experience in a senior management or executive management role and having over a decade of experience in Organisation Development, Training and Facilitation.
The Supporting Instructors are Qualified Outdoor Instructors who are trained to take of safety and risk management to enable usage of adventure and outdoor activities for management development purposes.
The Supporting Instructors are Qualified Outdoor Instructors who are trained to take of safety and risk management to enable usage of adventure and outdoor activities for management development purposes.
Training Equipment
The Equipment used is of high quality and certified for outdoor and adventure use. We only used international UIAA certified equipment. All our setups are redundant with bomb proofing methods and no chance of failure.
Delivery Locations
We have a outbound training facilities with all proper infrastructure and amenities to and conduct outbound and management development program in the cities of Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, and Mumbai
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